Wheaton Academy - Compass Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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u . a . . . ' f gi ii' 5.5 'Q A .f....,. X f-Q,-QA. Football Champs, P. S. I.. The Wheaton Academy Warriors turned out at football camp with bright hopes of another winning season. However, because of the lack of depth it would take hard work on the part of everyone to make the season successful. With hopes high we met our first op- ponent Elmwood Park. The Elmwood Park- ers succumbed to the sustained marches of the Warrior eleven 31 to 0. Our first touch- down came early with Ed Cummins going off tackle for 40 yards. Groff scored the next two touchdowns on runs of 50 and 90 yards. Midway through the third period, tackle George Kraft fell on a blocked punt in the end zone, adding another score. Dave Socash scampered 'l5 yards off tackle for the final tally of the day. Immaculate Conception fell victim 21 to 6 at the hand of the Maroon and White. I. C. took the kickoff on the 10 yard line and brought it back to the Warrior's 20. They were forced to punt and the War- riors took over on their own 40 yard line. ln the first quarter, the Warriors had trouble moving the ball. Finally in the second period Groff went off tackle on a buck play for 80 yards and a touchdown. Early in the third period Dave Socash broke through Immaculate Conceptions' weaken- ing defense for a 30 yard iaunt for the second score of the day. The conversion was good, making it 'I3 to 0 in favor of our Warriors. l. C's only tally came in the fourth quarter when their ace halfback Gallagher plunged over from the five yard line. In the closing minutes of play, right end John Huffman snagged a 30 yard pass from Carlson and galloped the re- maining IO yards to paydirt. The following week the spirit of the school as well as the team spirit was sky high for two reasons. It was Homecoming and the game was against North Shore, who had beaten us badly the previous year. The game got under way with Chuck Gieser kicking to the North Shore 'l5 yard line. They fumbled on the second play of the game and the Warriors took possession on the North Shore 22 yard line. With ex- cellent blocking on the part of the line and good work by the backs we rolled to our first T.D. in 5 plays as Groff toted the pigskin for the tally. With this pace set we finished the game with a winning score of 38-13. Gedde pound guard Head mentor Coach Harris I discu sses strategy with V Coach Benson.

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Chuck Gieser Ted Groff Dave Hanchett John Huffman George Kraft 185 pound guard 160 pound half back 155 pound end 185 pound end 180 pound ggckle Call conferencei Coll conferenceb Luther South bowed to the powerful Warriors 27-7. The fighting Warriors had another good day beating an unflashy Luther South team by 3 touch- downs. Luther was unable to gain a first down in their first three plays so they elected to punt. The Warriors took over first and ten on the Luther South 40 yard line. Our first play netted 3 yards, the second went for 30 on a quarterback option and on the third play of the game Groff hit paydirt. Full- back Dave Socash romped for 30 yards for our second T.D. just as the first half ended. In the third period Chet Stuart sprinted 35 yards from scrimmage to make the score 20-0 at the end of the period. The fall conferencei fourth quarter ended as each team scored a T.D. with Wendy Geurkink scoring for the Warriors. Heart break reigned as we lost our only game to Luther North, 6-O. Over-confidence and a fairly strong Luther North shut out the Warriors. The game was a give and take battle from start to finish with Wheaton unable to capitalize on a few good breaks. Going into the fourth quarter the score stood at 0-0 deadlock. Midway through the final period Luther North scored on the pass play that we had defenced so hard and long during the week. With four minutes to go the fighting Warriors made several valiant attempts to score but to no avail. First Row-Keene, Gbayee, Salveson, Conyers, Fast, Gedde, Chrouser, Nimely, Second Row-Manager Fogle, Westphal, Chamberlain, Hanchett, Davidson, Stewart, Geurkink, Grieser, Socash, Carlson, Graff, Coach Harris, Third Row-Manager Goddard, Carmean, Cummins, Toles, Huffman, Madison, Swenson, Mannel, Nanfelt, MacDonald, Kraft, Coach Benson.